1. Guide to Facilitation of SCHOOLS of Vocation
Pray – Listen – Reflect – Respond

2. BRIEFLY DESCRIBE YOUR EXPERIENCE OF SoV
What shape Has it taken in your district?
What are the key areas of Focus?
Why do you think the Sovs Are now a part of the Journey of a candidate ?

3. Sovs And the Bigger Picture of Formation
Formation has three key elements: Character, Academic and Ministerial Skills
These Foci can only be effectively engaged when people have the ability to:
PRAY – Listen – Reflect – respond
Contemplate – Discern – informed action
Throughout the journey of the Formation the disciplines of Listening, self reflection & reflection in groups are vital to the on going formation and the nuancing of the understanding of vocation even beyond ordination.

4. SOVs and our Wesleyan Accent
No holiness outside of social holiness
the importance of community
Wesleyan Quad
Listening and testing experience
Perfect Love
Reflecting the love of God
Covenant
Alignment to the will of God

5. Discernment and vocation
Ways of listening
Listening for God (Becoming aware of God ever-present)
ways into prayer/contemplation/awareness
Ways of reflecting
engaging with what you experienced (journaling, art, Speaking…)
Both individual and Group testing

6. Discernment and vocation
Love it
The world needs it
Paid for it
Great at it
Blessing:
The personal vocation.
Becoming what you are intrinsically
This is the place from you most authentically reflect God to the world: Christian Perfection
Mission
Passion
Vocation
Profession

7. Discernment and vocation (Charisms)
Lay Leadership roles
Orders:
- Local Preachers
- Bible women
- Evangelists
- Diaconate
- Presbyters

8. Discernment and Vocation
Discernment in the Listening for Vocation: - When have you felt most alive, especially in your body? What were the times of life that you would most likely want to repeat? - What would you do if you had time and money to do anything? - What is it that you can not do? - What is your special way of receiving Love? Listening for inner dynamics: consolation and desolation, attraction and resistance (Ignatiain method)

9. Structure and Content of SoV
components of input
- First (3,4,5…) contact:
General exploration of vocation (What is vocation?):
- What am I created to be?
- What is the purpose of my life?
- What expectations of God do I have in my life?
- What do I perceive my life in God’s purpose to be?
- Engaging with the vocation ven-diagram

10. Structure and Content of Sovs
Components of content:
First (3.4.5…) contact:
Introducing Prayer and Listening methods (interactive, experiential, Groups)
- Praying with scripture
- Journaling
- Fasting
- Discernment in groups (the spiritual conversation)

11. Structure and content of the SOVs
Components of content:
First ( ) Contact:
Wesleyan Spirituality
- Wesleyan Rule of Life
- Christian Perfection
- MSCA ministries and charisms

12. Structure and Content Components of contact:
Second (continuous) contact:
- The traits and characteristics of understanding ministry in the Mcsa (Charisms)
- Listening to testimonies of people active in different ministries
- Noticing what you notice: (small group work)
Introduction into discernment as a personal and communal discipline
Learning to name what you notice in yourself (Verbalising)
Learning to listen and be listen too

13. Structure and content Components of contact
Second (continuous) contact:
Process of offering/ candidating in the various ministries
Structure:
- First contact: Early in the year (march??) – Minimum 1 full day
IDEAL: 2.5 Day Engagement which should be repeated throughout the year
- Second contact: Mid – year (May/June/July) – Minimum 1 full day
IDEAL: 2.5 DAY engagement with constant mentoring throughout the year

14. RESOURCES Articles (emailed to you at the rise of this meeting)
Books (Sov pack to be given at Jan Seminar)